The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
The status quo, like a pack-a-day smoking habit, is a hard habit to break. When faced with a bias-led desire to retain the status quo, newly conceived innovations may face the psychological equivalent of the immoveable object. Breaking through that requires putting the status quo front and center.